Marine Meaning
/məˈɹiːn/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjBelonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
adjRelating to or connected with the sea (in operation, scope, etc.), especially as pertains to shipping, a navy, or naval forces.
Sentence Examples
Marine plants grow on the sea bed.
Our country is rich in marine products.
Lobsters belong to a class of marine animals.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ ecosystem, which is found in the ocean, contains a huge variety of life.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientist studied ____ life to understand the different species that live in the various world's oceans.
Word Origin & History
Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari). The modern pronunciation is presumably due to the influence of modern French marine, feminine singular of marin.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too."
— 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
"The most popular model is the Chrysler 75 marined motor. This motor comes fully marined and fully reconditioned at $ 225 at Oakland."
— 1938, Pacific Motor Boat - Volume 31, page 54:
"Frank Kennedy Sr. and Jr. watch mechanic make an adjustment on one of the two Minneapolis-Moline industrial diesel engines being marined by Kennedy-Morris Co., Biloxi, Miss."
— 1956, Fishing Gazette - Volume 73, page 94:
"Marine engines, until 1949, included many truck engine blocks marined up."
— 1959, SAE Technical Paper Series, page 70:
"First was in Jimmy Pope's “Willow Point,” and both units were marined in Vancouver by Nolan Lowe, in his plant at 1925 W. Georgia St., Vancouver."
— 1964, “New I-H Diesel Adds Two Knots to Dragger's Speed”, in Western Fisheries, volume 68, page 101:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ ecosystem, which is found in the ocean, contains a huge variety of life.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientist studied ____ life to understand the different species that live in the various world's oceans.